cattleya
See also: Cattleya
English
Etymology
Named after William Cattley, English botanist.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkatlɪə/
Noun
cattleya (plural cattleyas)
- (botany) Any plant of the genus Cattleya, a species of orchid.
- 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World:
- The vegetation had again changed, and only the vegetable ivory tree remained, with a great profusion of wonderful orchids, among which I learned to recognize the rare Nuttonia Vexillaria and the glorious pink and scarlet blossoms of Cattleya and odontoglossum.
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References
Cattleya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Cattleya on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Cattleya on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
French
Further reading
- “cattleya”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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